Security News

2018 US voter records offered for sale on hacking forum
2018-10-16 12:42

Somebody is selling US voter registration databases on an English-language speaking dark web hacker forum and the offer comes with the promise they will be updated every week, Anomali and Intel...

Up to 35 Million 2018 Voter Records For Sale on Hacking Forum
2018-10-15 19:57

Just weeks before the midterms, voter information from 19 states has turned up on the Dark Web.

'Five Eyes' Agencies Release Joint Report on Hacking Tools
2018-10-12 05:22

Cybersecurity agencies in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand have released a joint report describing five of the most commonly used hacking tools. read more

UK.gov teams up with Five Eyes chums to release spotters' guide for hacking tools
2018-10-11 16:58

Crouching tiger, hidden APT The UK's National Cyber Security Centre and its western intel pals have put out a report spotlighting the most commonly abused hacking utilities.…

Seven Russian cyberspies indicted for hacking, wire fraud, ID theft
2018-10-08 10:26

"Bungling" Russian GRU operatives picked up by Dutch police, linked to OPCW and World Anti-Doping Agency hacks.

Man Pleads Guilty to Hacking Websites of New York City Comptroller and West Point
2018-10-06 16:28

The United States Department of Justice (DoJ) this week announced that a California man has pleaded guilty to hacking the websites for the Combating Terrorism Center at the United States Military...

Feds Indict 7 Russians for Hacking and Disinformation
2018-10-05 13:18

Russian Military Intelligence Team Allegedly Conducted Close-Access OperationsThe U.S. Justice Department unsealed a criminal indictment charging seven alleged Russian GRU military intelligence...

Tesco Bank Fined by UK Regulator Over Hacking
2018-10-03 14:23

Britain's Tesco Bank has been fined £16.4 million ($21.4 million, 18.4 million euros) for failing to protect customers during a 2016 cyber attack, regulators said Monday.     read more

NSA staffer takes top-secret hacking tools home ‘to study’, gets 66 months
2018-10-03 12:34

Nghia Hoang Pho may not have had malicious intent, but removal of the materials forced the NSA to abandon years of signals collection work.

100,000 home routers recruited to spread Brazilian hacking scam
2018-10-02 06:30

GhostDNS in the machine A DNSchanger-like attack first spotted in August on D-Link routers in Brazil has expanded to affect more than 70 different devices and more than 100,000 individual piece of kit.…